Blacksburg Vertical Files (List of Subjects), Blacksburg Vertical Files (List of Subjects), 1960s-present VerticalFile.001

Blacksburg Vertical Files (List of Subjects), 1960s-present VerticalFile.001

Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
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Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
Business Number: 540-231-6308
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Repository

Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

Identification

VerticalFile.001

Title

Blacksburg Vertical Files (List of Subjects), 1960s-present

Quantity

11.21 Cubic Feet, 20 boxes

Language

The materials in the collection are in English.

Administrative Information

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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [folder title], Blacksburg Vertical Files, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

Newman Library staff began collection materials for vertical files during the 1960s. Special Collections and University Archives staff add to existing files and continue to create new files as the need arises.

Scope and Content

In general, vertical files at Special Collections and University Archives include newspaper clippings, photocopies, ephemera, unpublished and/or informal publications, and other papers relating to a specific subject area. Files in this collection relate to Blacksburg and its history. Each topic below has at least one folder and many include cross references.

Arrangement

Vertical files are arranged alphabetically by subject.

Related Material

See the following collections at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives:

Montgomery County/Christiansburg Vertical Files

Southwest Virginia Vertical Files

Biographical Vertical Files (mostly relating to Virginia Tech and/or local history)

Record Group Vertical Files (history of Virginia Tech colleges, departments, administrative units, and organizations)

Virginia Tech and Local History Mounted Clippings (precursor to the vertical files, with materials dating back to the 1870s)

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Blacksburg (Va.)
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Montgomery County (Va.)
Vertical files
Women -- History

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Blacksburg Vertical Files by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your- work/public-domain/cc0/ ).

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

Blacksburg (Va.)

Container List

Airport - VPI / Blacksburg (see also University Archives Record Group 6/3/3)

Alexander Black House (see Black (Alexander) House)

American National Red Cross

Animal Control

Annexation

Art

Arts and Crafts (see Art)

Athletics (2 folders)

Awards and Rankings (see also Blacksburg in the Eighties)

Banks (see also National Bank of Blacksburg)

Baptist Church, Blacksburg (see also Baptist Church, Blacksburg - black, pre-1959; Churches; Community Federation)

Baptist Church, Blacksburg - black, pre 1959 (see also Baptist Church, Blacksburg; Churches)

Bicentennial

Bike Club, Blacksburg

Bikeways (see also Huckleberry Trail)

Black (Alexander) House (see also Buildings and Houses; Museums)

Black History

Blacksburg Baptist Church (see Baptist Church, Blacksburg)

Blacksburg Baptist Church - black, pre-1959 (see Baptist Church, Blacksburg - black, pre-1959)

Blacksburg Bike Club (see Bike Club, Blacksburg)

Blacksburg Christian Church (see Christian Church, Blacksburg)

Blacksburg Comprehensive Plan (see Comprehensive Plan, Blacksburg)

Blacksburg Electronic Village

Blacksburg Federation of Neighborhoods (see Federation of Neighborhoods, Blacksburg)

Blacksburg Group

Blacksburg in the Eighties (BITE) (see also Awards and Rankings)

Blacksburg Lions Club (see Lions Club, Blacksburg)

Blacksburg Methodist Church (see Methodist Church, Blacksburg)

Blacksburg Museum of History (see Price House; Black (Alexander) House)

Blacksburg Music Club (see Music Club, Blacksburg)

Blacksburg Presbyterian Church (see Presbyterian Church, Blacksburg)

Blacksburg-Roanoke Link - Blacksburg (see Smart Road - Construction)

Blacksburg-Roanoke Link - Smart Road (see Smart Road - Technology)

Blacksburg Transit (see Mass Transit)

Blacksburg United Methodist Church (see United Methodist Church, Blacksburg)

Block Party Ordinance Controversy

Boy and Girl Scouts

Budget and Financing

Buildings and Houses (4 folders) (see also Business and Industry; Catholic Churches; Downtown Blacksburg; Five Chimneys; Historic Homes; Kent Square; for Pagoda House, see also Currie, Leonard J. biographical file; for Solitude, see University Archives Record Group 6/2/3b)

Business and Industry (7 folders) (see also Chamber of Commerce; Awards and Rankings; Buildings and Houses)

Catholic Churches (see also Buildings Houses, Folder 2, 3-Way Property Exchange Between St Mary's, Francis Anglican and Odd Fellows Lodge)

Cemeteries (see also Cemeteries - Montgomery County)

Chamber of Commerce (see also Business and Industry; Awards and Rankings; Community Federation)

Christ Episcopal Church (see also Churches; Community Federation)

Christian Church, Blacksburg

Christian Science

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Churches Baptist churches (see also Baptist Church, Blacksburg; Baptist Church, Blacksburg - black, pre-1959; Catholic Churches; Christ Episcopal Church; Christian Church, Blacksburg; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; Good Shepherd Church of the Brethren; Luther Memorial Lutheran Church; Northside Presbyterian Church; Methodist Church, Blacksburg; Presbyterian Church, Blacksburg; Slusser's Chapel Church of God; United Methodist Church, Blacksburg)

Citizen's Forum

City Status (3 folders)

Cloning (see PPL Therapeutics)

Clubs (2 folders) (see also Community Federation; names of individual clubs)

Clubs, pre-1959 (see also Community Federation - Blacksburg)

Community Center

Community Federation

Community Organizations and Programs (see also United Way)

Comprehensive Plan, Blacksburg

Corning Glass Works

Crime and Law Enforcement (2 folders) (see also Police Department; Fire Department; biographical files under individual names)

Data Services Corporation

Deadwood Days (see also Steppin' Out Festival)

Development (see Planning, Zoning and Development)

Downtown Blacksburg (2 folders) (see also Buildings and Houses; Historic Homes; Kent Square)

Draper's Meadow (2 folders) (see also History, to 1900; Smithfield; biographical file on Ingles, Mary; biographical file on Patton, James; Preston Family Papers)

Economy and Economic Development (see also Awards and Rankings, Comprehensive Plan, Blacksburg; Business and Industry; Blacksburg-VPI&SU Relations, Record Group 6/5-f)

Elections (see Voting and Elections)

Electro Tec (see also Litton Industries' Polyscientific Corp)

Electronic Village (see Blacksburg Electronic Village)

Environment

Farmer's Market

Federal Mogul Corporation

Federation of Neighborhoods, Blacksburg

Festivals (see also Art; Deadwood Days; Steppin' Out Festival)

Fire Department

Fires

First Aid & Life Saving Crew (see Fire Department)

First and Main Shopping Center

Five Chimneys

460 Corridor (see also Smart Road - Construction; Smart Road - Technology; ; Route 460/114 Corridor Development Plans & Standards (HT393 V82 R68 1988); Shopping Centers - Montgomery County; Business and Industry - Montgomery County; Business and Industry - Christiansburg)

Garden Club

Girl Scouts (see Boy and Girl Scouts)

Good Shepherd Church of the Brethren

Government, 1976- (see also Comprehensive Plan, Blacksburg; Economy and Economic Development; Planning, Zoning and Development; Town Council; Voting and Elections)

Government, Pre-1976

Haleos Technology, Inc.

Health and Safety (2 folders)

Heritage Hall

Historic Homes (see also Buildings and Houses)

Historical Museums (see Black (Alexander) House; Museums; Price House)

History, to 1900 (2 folders) (see also Buildings and Houses - Blacksburg; Business and Industry - Blacksburg; Smithfield; bio file on Ingles, Mary; bio file on Patton, James; Preston Family Papers)

History, 1901-1950 (see also Buildings and Houses - Blacksburg; Business and Industry - Blacksburg; Civilian Defense Council, WWII; Housing - Blacksburg (Housing Problems for Tech students after WWII); Goodridge Wilson, "Notes on Blacksburg")

History, 1951-present (see also Blacksburg Comprehensive Plan, Blacksburg-Roanoke Link; Buildings and Houses - Blacksburg; Downtown Blacksburg; Business and Industry - Blacksburg; City Status - Blacksburg; Military - Blacksburg)

Hotels and Motels

Housing (2 folders) (see also Hotels and Motels; Planning, Zoning and Development; for Greek Housing, see University Archives Record Group 8/2/1)

Hoy Funeral Home (see Black (Alexander) House)

Huckleberry Railroad

Huckleberry Trail (see also Bikeways)

Kent Square

Land Swap - '86-'87 (see also 460 Corridor; Shopping Centers - Montgomery County; biographical file on Matthews, William)

Legal Actions (see also Annexation; Buildings and Houses, folder 2 (Thomas-Conner House); Housing (Cluster Housing); Planning, Zoning and Development, folders 1 and 2; for Greek Housing, see University Archives Record Group 8/2/1)

Licenses

Lions Club, Blacksburg

Liquor By The Drink (see also Blue Laws - Montgomery Co)

Litton Industries' Poly-Scientific Division (see also Electro Tec)

Luther Memorial Lutheran Church (see also Churches -Blacksburg)

Lyric Theatre (see also Buildings and Houses)

Maps

Mass Transit System, pre-1983 (see also Transportation)

Mass Transit System, 1983-1988 (see also Transportation)

Mass Transit System, 1989- (see also Transportation; Two-Town Trolley)

Media

Methodist Church, Blacksburg (see also United Methodist Church, Blacksburg; Churches; Community Federation)

Military (see also Building and Houses (Armory); History, 1901-1950)

Municipal Building

Municipal Complex Design Competition

Museums (see also Black (Alexander) House; Price House)

Music Club, Blacksburg

National Bank of Blacksburg (see also Banks)

Nellie's Cave

Newcomers' Club

Nicewonder

Northside Presbyterian Church (see also Churches; Presbyterian Church, Blacksburg)

Oil Well, Price Mountain

Olin and Preston Institute

PPL Therapeutics (Cloning)

Parking

Parks (see also Recreation)

Performing Arts (2 folders) (see also Music Club, Blacksburg)

Planning, Zoning and Development (3 folders) (see also Housing; for Greek Housing, see University Archives Record Group 8/2/l)

Police Department (see also Crime and Law Enforcement)

Politics (see also Voting and Elections)

Poly-Scientific (see Litton Industries' Poly-Scientific Division)

Population (see also Blacksburg in the Eighties (BITE); Comprehensive Plan, Blacksburg; Buildings and Houses; Chamber of Commerce; City Status; Economy and Economic Development; 460 Corridor; History - 1951-present; Housing; Mass Transit; Parking; Planning, Zoning and Development; Roads; Smart Road - Construction; Two-Town Trolley)

Post Office

Presbyterian Church, Blacksburg

Price House

Price's Fork (see Price's Fork - Montgomery County)

Public Works (see also Awards and Rankings; Comprehensive Plan, Blacksburg; Downtown Blacksburg; Huckleberry Trail; Mass Transit System; Steppin' Out; Utilities)

Racial and Ethnic Minorities (see also Black History)

Raft Community Crisis Center

Recreation, pre-1959

Recreation (2 folders) (see also Community Center; Parks)

Red Cross (see American National Red Cross)

Rescue Squad (see Fire Department)

Restaurants (3 folders)

Retirement

Roads (2 folders) (see also Smart Road - Construction; Smart Road - Technology; 460 Corridor; Downtown Blacksburg; Nellie's Cave Road; Planning, Zoning and Development)

Rotary Club

School Controversies (see also Buildings and Houses - Blacksburg (Armory); Schools)

Schools (6 folders) (see also School Controversies; High School, Blacksburg (Old) - Building and Property; Middle School, Blacksburg (Old) - Building and Property)

Scouts (see Boy and Girl Scouts)

Shopping Centers (see also First and Main Shopping Center; Kent Square)

Signs

Sister City

Slusser's Chapel Church of God

Smart Road - Construction (3 folders) (see also 460 Corridor; Smart Road - Technology)

Smart Road - Technology (see also 460 Corridor; Smart Road - Construction)

Smithfield (3 folders)

Sports (see Athletics)

Spring Houses

Steppin' Out Festival (see also Deadwood Days)

Taxes and Bonds